Seat-belt injuries.
The drivers and passengers of two cars which collided head-on all wore lap and diagonal seat-belts. Three of the four suffered ruptured viscera and two incurred flexion-compression fractures of the neck.A victim of a traffic accident who was wearing a seat-belt and who has superficial bruising or pain presents a difficult diagnostic problem. Visceral injury should be suspected in such cases.
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001336:Automobiles; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries; D010146:Pain; D012421:Rupture; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology*